Dealogic data showed a big increase in the acquisition activity of big tech companies in Israel, pushing the Middle Eastern country to become a global player in the innovative tech arena.
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Vince trading debut a success after IPO rose as much as 52 percent
Vince Holding Corp, formerly known as Apparel Holding Corp that is backed by Sun Capital Partners Inc had a successful IPO after raising USD 200 million in an initial public offering.
Paulson will not increase his gold bet - source
Gold might not have been a great investment, which was evident in a Reuters report about John Paulson not making any additional investments on buillion as his PFR Gold Fund lost 63% this year so far.
Alpine Data Labs obtains USD16 million in venture capital to support big data platform
Alpine Data Labs, creator of open source software framework named Hadoop, received USD16 million in new funding from investors including Sierra Ventures and Mission Ventures.
IK Investment divest its Europe Snacks unit to Apax Partners
IK Investment Partners had sold its full ownership in Europe Snacks Group to a French private equity firm Apax Partners for an undisclosed amount and will be completed before the year ends.
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France-based multinational mass media and telecommunication firm Vivendi took a pause from big acquisitions to decide on how to spend the remaining USD14 billion from asset sales after cutting debt.
Sungy Mobile, a global provider of mobile internet products and services, has priced its initial public offering on NASDAQ at USD11.22 per American depositary shares (ADS).
Repsol Chairman told Bloomberg in an interview that the oil producer is willing to acquire assets in US, Canada and Northern Europe. The company is willing to spend up to USD 10 billion for the acquisitions.
Resolution Ltd. is looking to sell its business unit Lombard located in Luxembourg. However, terms of the deal were unknown as talks on the sale of Lombard are still in a preliminary stage.
In a report, the Business Standard said private equity firms are a significant contribution to the consolidation of IT services and BPO sector in India. There were five private equity transactions closed this year that totaled USD1.13 billion in value.
Billionaire Zhang Zhirong offered USD589 million to take Glorious Property Holdings Ltd private, a move is seen as an effort to save a troubled shipbuilder that he founded.
Novartis told investors that it will be holding a USD 5 billion share buyback in the next two years. The share repurchase will start immediately, according to the Switzerland-based drugmaker.
American asset management firm Oaktree Capital Group was reportedly among the cornerstone investors in China Cinda Asset Management Corp's initial public offering. China Cinda is expected to launch the Hong Kong listing on Monday.
US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna Therapeutics announced its completion of a new funding round worth USD110 million for the development of its messenger ribonucleic (RNA) Therapeutics.
